Improved aerial carriage and way



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.;

DANIEL TOWSE, `OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED AERIAL CARRIAGE AND WAY.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 71,922, dated December 10, 1867.`

, To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL TowsE, of the city of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Aerial Garriages and Way; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- Figure 1 is a View of my improved carriage in elevation and way in elevation. Fig. 2 is a top view of the same. Fig. 3 is a view of one carriage in section through the line was. Fig. 4 is Va similar view of another shapeof carriage; and Fig. 5 is a detailed View of a earriage running ou a single-wire rope.

This invention consists in an aerial carriage running or sliding1 on one or more wires or wire ropes stretched from one point to another, whereby a convenient and cheap mode of carrying freight or passengers can be established over rivers, valleys, precipices, &c., in the manner more fully set forth below.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation.

In my drawing, X represents the bank of a river. Yis the river, and Z is ahigh hill. A A

are two wire ropes stretched across from the Vpiers B B and B B, and anchored at C C. F

is a reel mounted on suitable frames, and acted upon by a steam-engine or other motive power, M. H is a carriage, either suspended or resting on the bars D D, and fastened to a rope, P, which is rolled over the reeLF.

Fig. 3 represents one sort of carriage when it is suspended by the chains T T from two l wire ropes, A A, ou bars D,`resting on runners It It. Fig. 4 represents a carriage restl ing on bars D, mounted on wheels SS.; and

Fig. 5 represents a carriage, H, running by the l chains T T to the axle of a grooved pulley, S, running on a single-wire rope, A. In each case the wire rope or ropes are stationary, and the carriages run on themyeither suspended or resting on pulleys or runners.

Operation.

` a new load is placed in the carriage, and, the

engine M being reversed, the reel will turn so as to wind up the rope P and pull up the carriage H in the direction of the arrow L until it is brought to the top of the hill Z, where'it can be unloaded and loaded, as before.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure` by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the wire ropes A A,

piers B B B B, reel F, and rope .P -with th carriage H, arranged and operating in the manner set forth.

' DANIEL TowsE.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS L. CLARK, J. DONALDSON. 

